Medical Assistant, AAS Degree
The Medical Assistant is a professional, multi-skilled person who assists in all aspects of medical practice. Medical Assistants help physicians examine and treat patients and perform routine tasks to keep offices running smoothly.
Medical assistants perform clerical duties such as answering telephones, greeting patients, updating and filing patient medical records, completion of insurance forms, handling correspondence and arranging for hospital admission and laboratory services. Clinical duties include taking and recording vital signs, explaining treatment procedures, preparing patients for examination, collecting laboratory specimens, administering medication (excluding intravenous), authorizing prescription telephone orders and preparing patients for X-rays. Opportunities exist in medical clinics, hospitals, nursing homes and insurance companies.
Admission Requirement: All students accepted to the program must submit to a criminal background check at the student’s expense. Details are available from the Admissions Office.
Some immunization requirements may have to be met before entrance to certain clinical sites. See the Instructor for details.
Note: Students are required to use a laptop or notebook computer for this program. Students may purchase a laptop from Mitchell Tech or bring their own device that meets Mitchell Tech specifications.
Program Graduation Requirements: It is the goal of this program to prepare competent entry-level medical assistants in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and affective (behavior) learning domains to enter the profession.
To achieve that goal, students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or higher in all technical courses as a prerequisite to MA 250 Clinical Externship. Students must earn a grade of C (2.0) or higher in their clinical externship in order to graduate.
Award: AAS Degree
First Semester
HS 101 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
HS 103 | Anatomy/Physiology | 4 |
HS 162 | Medical Law & Ethics | 2 |
MA 106 | Medical Laboratory Fundamentals | 4 |
MATH 103 | Mathematical Reasoning | 3 |
SSS 100 | Student Success | 1 |
Total Credit Hours: | 17 |
Second Semester
MA 111 | Medical Office Procedures | 3 |
MA 112 | Laboratory Procedures I | 4 |
MA 123 | Pathophysiology | 3 |
MOP 160 | CPT ICD-10-CM Coding | 3 |
SPCM 140 | Health Communication | 3 |
| Behavioral Science Elective | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 19 |
Third Semester
MA 113 | Laboratory Procedures II | 4 |
MA 210 | Pharmacology & Admin. of Medicines | 3 |
MA 220 | Examination Room Techniques I | 4 |
MOP 210 | Medical Insurance and Billing | 3 |
| Social Science Elective | 3 |
| Written Communications Elective | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: | 20 |
Fourth Semester
HS 100 | Basic Life Support for Health Care | 0.5 |
MA 211 | Advanced Medical Office Procedures | 3 |
MA 221 | Examination Room Techniques II | 3 |
MA 240 | Cardiac Monitoring and DX Procedure | 2 |
MA 250 | Clinical Externship | 6 |
Total Credit Hours: | 14.5 |
Total Credits Required to Graduate: 70.5
The Mitchell Tech Medical Assistant program, offered for the AAS degree, is accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
9355 113th St. N #7709
Seminole, FL 33775
(727) 210-2350
www.caahep.org